From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   Richmond wrote:   
   > oldernow  writes:   
   >   
   >> Go for what you want.   
   >>   
   >> -OR-   
   >>   
   >> Realize the you that wants is the you that lacks, because   
   >> the state of want is a state of lack.   
   >>   
   >> In other words 'want' and 'lack' are synonyms.   
   >>   
   >   
   > But we lack what we want, and we also lack what we need. In King James   
   > English 'want' and 'need' might be the same, but not in modern English.   
   >   
      
   I think "want" and "lack" are still synonymous in certain contexts.   
   He's wanting (lacking) in {.......}   
   He wants a good hiding.   
      
   Ed   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)